Ray's Thought for the Day - Valerianella radiata basal rosette

Today is the 57th day of DY 1, in the season of the Polar Bear that some call also, Polaris, named for our friendly guide star. Out in the wilderness, the ground huggers struggle to survive in the cold, windy, arid conditions. Here is one of those ground huggers, Valerianella radiata, an adaptable corn salad. Yessir, this particular corn salad likes to mix it up with the non-native winter weeds in the many disturbed habitats available. Often, it can be found rubbing elbows and assholes with the likes of beggar's ticks of the genus Torilis, and catch-on-yer-clothes bedstraw (Galium aparine), three of our least recommended introduced Eurasian weeds.